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Percy Mayfield. Profile: US R&B vocalist and composer (b. August 12, 1920, Minden, Louisiana, d. August 11, 1984, Los Angeles, CA) Though maybe mostly known for penning the classic "Hit the Road, Jack", Mayfield himself was a major performer for the Specialty label in the first half of the 50s delivering slow blues ballads with his smoky voice ...
Percy Mayfield has been widely described as "the poet laureate of the blues." Armed with a dry baritone, songwriter and singer Mayfield sang blues ballads that pondered worlds of trouble, melancholy, pain, and suicide. He was one of the most creative songwriters and performers of California blues.
Aug 12, 2012 · Singer-songwriter Percy Mayfield was known as "Poet Laureate of the Blues," and his widely recorded compositions, have become standards in American popular music. Born in Minden, Louisiana, Mayfield wrote poems as a boy and set them to music, but because his mother didn't approve of blues, he sang only in church.
Aug 12, 2023 · KNKX Public Radio | By Nick Morrison. Published August 12, 2023 at 3:51 AM PDT. Percy Mayfield's "Hit The Road, Jack" a cappella demo recording. There’s so much poetry in blues song lyrics, it’s really impossible to point to one artist and proclaim them THE poet of the blues.
Soundtrack: Deadpool. R&B singer/songwriter Percy Mayfield was born August 21, 1920 in Minden, Louisiana. His mother was a singer. Percy showed a real talent for poetry as a youth; this naturally led to him writing and singing his own songs. Mayfield started his musical career performing in Texas.
Percy Mayfield. Percy Mayfield was a popular recording artist in the early 1950s when he had a No. 1 R&B hit with “Please Send Me Someone to Love,” but after a disfiguring injury in an auto accident in 1952 he performed less often and focused his attention on the talent that brought him even greater acclaim – songwriting.
Oct 3, 2022 · Listen to music by Percy Mayfield on Apple Music. Find top songs and albums by Percy Mayfield including Laughing and Clowning/To Live the Past (Medley) (Live), Louisiana and more.
